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Hamburg,Germanythe second largest city in Germany and eighth in the European Union. The city is home to more than 1.8 million people. The port of Hamburg is located on the river Elbe is the second port city in Europe, behind only the port of Rotterdam and the tenth largest in the world. The official name reflects its history, Hamburg also was a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, as the Imperial city belonging to the Holy Roman Empire. Hamburg is a city state and one of 16 Federal landsGermany. The city prospered for centuries on the banks of the Elbe to that when in 1842 the great fire destroyed a third of its buildings. At a time when the city was again restored, Hamburg joined the German Reich in 1871. In subsequent years of the reign of the Reich, and his involvement in the two world wars brought the city less good than from a fire in 1842. After the First world war, most of the commercial fleet of Hamburg (almost 1500 ships) was forfeited by the allies as reparations . During the Second world war, more than half of the housing of Hamburg, about 80%, and 40% of its industry was completely destroyed, and tens of thousands of civilians were killed. In the postwar years, Hamburg has shown its resilience and proved in the economic development of Germany. The harbour and media industry at present are the Foundation of its wealth.